automatically programmed tools

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Automatically Programmed Tools

   <language> (APT) A language for numerically controlled machine
   tools.

   Versions: APT II (IBM 704, 1958), APT III (IBM 7090, 1961).

   ["APT Part Programming", McGraw-Hill].

   [Sammet 1969, p. 605].

   (1995-05-04)